Application Cycle One: 2008

• Undergraduate college: University of San Diego
• Undergraduate Area of study: Physical Sciences

• Total MCAT SCORE: 513
• MCAT Section Scores: B/B 129, C/P 127, CARS 129   Detailed Breakdown
• Overall GPA: 3.95
• Science GPA: 3.94

Summary of Application Experience

Right around 25 secondaries submitted; 17 interview invites. I had trouble scheduling them around school/cross country so I ended up turning some down like Pitt :(...the travel costs were piling up (coming from west coast to interview at only east coast schools).

By December I withdrew from most places that didn't give me interviews, unless they were close enough to my parents' house that I could fly home and drive to them rather than make a special trip for them.

I really liked most of the schools I interviewed at...not sure where I'll go if I don't get into Penn. USUHS has a huge military commitment when combined with NROTC, so it'll come down to UVA, VCU, Wake, Penn State, and Georgetown (on Navy HPSP Scholarship). Loved EVMS, but hated Norfolk.

I withdrew from the DO schools only because I couldn't decisively decide on one before their early deadlines, but I thought very highly of VCOM.